This is awarded to the top pair on Monday Nights between September & December each year.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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SELECTIONS

Tollemache Selection

The selection committee has picked the following team for the Tollemache Final at Brandon on February 16-17th. Michael Newman/Gary Hyett, John Holland/John Hassett, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock, Alan Mould/Ollie Burgess. This is the nearly same team that qualified in November. Ollie Burgess replaces Michael Byrne who is unavailable.

Blue Point Teams

Congratulations to Neil Thomas, Nicholas Greer, John Currie and Rodney Lighton who won at Preston on Sunday 13th January, just ahead of John Holland, Alan Mould, Jackie Pye and Jeff Smith. Results are on the Preston Bridge Club web site.

The 2018 Manchester Congress

Another succesful and enjoyable congress was held at the Victoria and Albert Hotel over the weekend of 5-6th January.

Guests were welcomed from all over the UK including two teams from Norway.

David Debbage and Andrew Woodcock repeated their success of 2017 in winning the pairs

by a smidgeon ahead of Michael Byrne and Andrew Murphy (who won the Men's Pairs Trophy).

Manchester Bridge Club players were well represented and are highlighted in the honours below

This weekend sees the first weekend of the 2019 Camrose Trophy, the competition between the teams of the 'home nations', hosted by the Welsh Bridge Union in Mold, North Wales, taking place from 4th - 6th January.

The Mossop team have won the Senior Trials, which took place at West Midlands Bridge Club at the weekend, and will be representing England in the Teltscher Trophy next year. The team of David Mossop, Paul Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg, John Holland and Brian Senior finished undefeated, with the Penfold team close behind and then a large gap to third.

The Teltscher Trophy will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 5th-7th April 2019.

Thank you to the 18 teams who supported this event and also to non-playing members who, between them, raised a magnificent £1569.10 for donation to St. Ann's Hospice and The Christie in memory of Michelle.

Competition was as hot as the weather that day but the eventual outcome was:-

First Place

Jackie Pye, John Holland, Bill Hirst & Jeff Smith

93 VPs

Second Place

Irene Davies. Karen Reissmann, Ann Thornton & Roger Hopton

88 VPs

Best Non-Expert Team

Helen Worthington, Clive Worthington, Jean Santo & John McIntee

60 VPs

CONGRATULATIONS!

Michelle Brunner Memorial Event - Saturday 20th July

Thank you to all the teams who supported this event and for the generosity of members and friends who donated money and raffle prizes.